funny story; funny anecdote
fully fledged; full-fledged; proper; competent; qualified; full-grown
with a bang bang (sound of a hammer or gunfire); at a mad pace (spend money, work); with great vigor
ghastliness; dreadfulness; grimness; intimidation; menace; threat
to be profitable; to yield a profit
to respect; to honor; to honour; to esteem; to prize
agreement; consent; same opinion; same view; same meaning
remuneration; recompense; reward; toll
disqualification; elimination; incapacity; being unfit for one's role; being a failure
working without pay; free service; work for nothing
to shake and untangle; to shake free from
good-for-nothing; worthless
to glare at each other; to confront each other
to spill; to drop; to grumble; to complain; to let one's feelings show
to turn (one's face) away; to avert (one's eyes)
to come out; to appear; to turn up; to emerge
(clenched) fist; knuckles
singularity; singular point
to keep secret; to conceal
ordinary person; member of the general public; non-celebrity
general term; generic name
a kind; a sort; of sorts; something of a; sort of; somewhat
theory; doctrine; opinion; view; rumour; rumor
consideration; examination; investigation; study; scrutiny; discussion
pretext; history; past; according to ...; ... says
sign; indication; omen; symptom
oracle; revelation; divine message
work-to-rule; go-slow strike; slowdown; being idle; slackening; being truant
to connect; to correlate; to associate; to relate; to link
to establish; to formulate
to draw (conclusion); to deduce; to derive
unwell; in a bad state; not working properly; out of order; inconvenient; troublesome
unintelligible language; incoherent language; talking nonsense; "all Greek to me"; double Dutch; (something) incomprehensible
as soon as...; just after...; immediately after...; hurriedly; in haste; quickly
to make use of aizuchi; to back-channel; to throw in interjections to show that one is paying attention
absorption; giving undivided attention; devoting oneself (to)